"5 weeks ago we read in the media about the raid against the mink farm in
H�rryda and that it had been emptied of all animals. Unfortunately it could also
be read that about half of the mink were recaptured. Because of that we decided
to take responsibility because every individual deserves a second chance. On the
night to October 26th the farm was visited again and the first thing we saw was
a trap with a mink captured in it, but it was released and the trap destroyed.

After that the cages for 600-700 mink were opened and we also found 100
ferrets at the farm and they were also released. All breeding cards were taken
and the slogan 'Everyone wants to live' was sprayed before all traps were
destroyed to avoid the need for a third visit.
- DBF"

On October 17, SVT (Sveriges Television) reported that attacks against the
fur industry in Stockholm are becoming more common and more severe. Click
here to view the video.

They report that a fur shop owner, Bertil W�ngberg, woke up to find slogans
painted on his home and mailbox, tar poured on a stairway, his car painted and
the tires punctured. The report also features G�ran Larsson, who runs one of the
last fur shops in the city, scraping black paint from the windows of his shop.

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October 15, 2007 -- 102 Hens Liberated

The Swedish ALF liberated 102 hens on the 10th of October. The farm that was
hit, Aniagra, outside Helsingborg, was struck a few months ago.

"In Hemingsbo just outside Falun (Sweden), the last fur farm in the region
Dalarna is located. A farm with small cages and a standing example how the
animal welfare laws are constantly ignored. Since 1988 the mink have been
guaranteed to behave naturally. But after the politicians betrayal last year
about a ban on fur farms there are still 1,5 million mink behind bars. On the
night to tuesday around 800 mink finally got to taste freedom when the cages was
opened. The slogan 'Fur farm ban introduced' was sprayed on a roof of a shed at
the farm. From October 9th 2007 there is a fur farm ban in Dalarna introduced by
the only ones the animals can have confidence in - DBF (ALF). With bolt cutters
and crow bars we make sure it remains. Always for the animals - DBF"

"Oct 7th - Stockholm. Nothing can ever stop the DBF's determination to wipe
out the fur shops in Stockholm. The fur shop Lindskog has hired security and
installed alarm systems but that didn't stop activists from emptying a spray can
on the newly painted facade. The struggle continues! - DBF

Oct 4th - Stockholm. Several litres of tar was poured outside the entrance of
fur shop Tapperson P�lsatelj� on Vikingagatan after that activists had sprayed
the store front. - DBF

Oct 4th - Stockholm. K�rsn�r Lundmark outside Stockholm town was covered in a
black stinking mess and the area was filled with anti-fur slogans. - DBF

Oct 2nd - Stockholm. A lone activist was almost caught by security guards
while spraypainting the fur shop Lindskog, but escaped without problems.

Sep 24th - Stockholm. As explained in a claim earlier in the month DBF
revisited the fur shop Polar P�ls & Skinnindustri to etch all of the armoured
glass windows that were not broken during the last action. - DBF

Sep 20th - G�teborg. Cirkus signs torn down in Gothenburg. - the Army of the
Monkeys

Sep 19th - Stockholm. Furshop K�rsn�r L Lundmark AB was etched. - DBF

Sep 11th - Stockholm. Ten litres of red paint was poured all over the store
front and entrance of a downtown fur shop. It is now nearly impossible to tell
the fur shop apart from the paint shop next to it. - DBF

Sep 10th - Stockholm. After earlier visits from the DBF all windows at the
fur shop K�rsn�r Lindskog had been covered with big wooden boards. The DBF felt
sorry for the employees that had to work in the dark and with the help of a big
sledge hammer they busted through the boards and windows behind the boards to
let the light in once again. All 16 windows was attacked together with their
door bell and intercom system. No gratitude from the shop owners is expected,
but the minks gratitude will be enough. - DBF

Swedish media is reporting that cages were opened at a fur farm in the
village of Rya, in H�rryda, late Sunday night. 1000 mink escaped. Police report
that "DBF" was found painted on a shed ("Djurens Befrielsefront," Swedish ALF).

September 12, 2007 -- Paint Cans Emptied on Fur Shop

action report:

"september 4th 2007 - Stockholm: Two windows on the fur shop Polar P�ls &
Skinnindustri in Stockholm was smashed with a hammer. We will be back. - DBF

september 5th 2007 - Stockholm: Two spray cans was emptied on the fur shop
Lindskog when we painted slogans and glued its locks. Fur is murder. - DBF

Summer 2007 - Stockholm: Several shops have been glued, spray painted and
many of their windows have been smashed. - DBF"

July 11, 2007 -- 128 Hens Liberated

anonymous communique received by
activists in Sweden:

"During Monday, July 9th, the Swedish record in the liberation of hens was
broken. 128 hens were saved from the cages at Aniagra and they will now start
their new lives with people that care about them.
They were born without hope, but they have been given new lives and will never
again be forced into cages. Animal liberation lives in every animal saved, in
every step forward that are secured and in every human that stands up and says:
this is it, I had enough of it!

The facility, outside Helsingborg, is the largest in Sweden and keeps 145,000
hens in small cages. Aniangra has been criticized for a long time for keeping
hens in illegal cages and the new ones are hardly an improvement from an animal
welfare point of view. A stick to sit on, a few plastic pieces forming a
so-called nest and a small sandbath don't give the hens a good life. They want
to be out in the sun, take a sandbath in freedom and reach out their wings. They
have the right to live their lives in freedom, not to be locked inside a cage to
be killed when they don't produce enough.

This action was carried out to save the lives of 128 wonderful individuals,
but was at the same time a protest against the system and the way we look at
animals that allows them to be captive and humiliated for profit.

There might be lots of things that separate us, but the things that we have
in common, our ability to feel pain and our will to live our lives in peace
gives us a duty to treat all living with respect. The same duty and the same
respect forced us to break the law yesterday to save the hens. They would not
stand a chance to be freed if it was not for some to break those doors to steal
their freedom.

It is very likely the owners have not found out about the burglary in shed 8
yet. Everything in the shed is run automatically: feeding, cleaning and the
collecting of the eggs. They are visited every now and then, and according to
protocols, several dead hens are always found. During the raid the cages were
inspected and lots of dead hens were found.

The egg industry is a mockery to the animal welfare laws and a heavy insult
of animal rights. Djurens Befrielsefront (ALF) will never sit still and watch
when animals are humiliated in the most disgusting ways. The resistance has
begun, the limits are passed.

During the night of May 28, the Mboussis fur studio in the Stockholm suburb
of V�stertorp was visited by animal activists. Glue was put into all the locks,
and all the windows were either etched or smashed with hammers.

"May 9 - Fur shop targeted for the third time in a month in Stockholm. All the
windows were destroyed with etching fluid. The store front was spraypainted and
all the signs were smashed with a hammer. - DBF

May 14 - Locks to another fur store in Stockholm were glued and 20 litres of tar
was poured down the stairs to the entrance. - DBF

May 18 - 14 rabbits liberated and released from a meatfarm in Knivsta outside of
Stockholm.
- Three people are held as suspects for the action after being caught by police
near the farm.

May 22 - A local newspaper reported that 30 hens were liberated from a battery
farm in Scania, South of Sweden on May 22. 15 000 eggs were also smashed and
slogans and red paint covered the walls and machinery when workers came the
morning after.

May 23 - Circus posters torn down in Stockholm. - DBF STHLM"

May 2, 2007 300 Mink Freed

Activists in Sweden
report that 300 mink have been released from a fur farm in Eksj�. The same area
has been hit 4 times now in less than six months.

April 25, 2007 Diary of Actions

reported by activists in Sweden:

"19 april 2007 - Malm�; Furriers main entrance at his home is redecorated with
paint. - DBF

7 april 2007 - Malmo; The main entrance of a furriers home is decorated with red
paint.

2 april 2007 - Stockholm; A bottle of red spraypaint is emptied on Alsons fur
shop and all locks are glued. A few days later an attempt to smash the windows
was made unsuccessful, but the windows got marks from it.

Media in Sweden have reported that over 900 mink were released from a fur farm in the town of Vaggeryd.
In December, 1000 mink were released from another farm in the area.

Dec 15, 2007. 1000 Mink released.

According to media in Sweden, during the night of December 13 fences
were cut, cages opened and around 1000 mink were released from a fur
farm in Vaggeryd. The farm has a total of 10,000 mink; unfortunately
around 600-700 have been recaptured.

The farmer valued the escaped mink at a half million Swedish Kronas
(approx. $75,000)

Dec 6, 2006. 12 hens freed

reported by activists in Sweden:

"On the night of november 27, three 'open' animal rights activists
freed 12 hens from SLU [Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences] research
station outside Uppsala. They left behind a flower for the people working there
and a letter with their names and details and also the reason why they did what
they did.